Costume Designers Guild

The Costume Designers Guild (CDG), is a union of professional costume designers, assistant designers, and illustrators working in film, television, commercials and other media. Founded in 1953, the CDG comprises over 1,200 members as of 2023. ^{[1] [2]} As the Local 892 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), the union protects member’s wages and working conditions through collective bargaining.

The CDG has published a quarterly publication, The Costume Designer Magazine, since 2005. The Costume Designers Guild Awards recognizes excellence in costume design in motion pictures, television, commercials, and other media.

Costume Designers Guild Awards

Award categories

• Film:
  • Excellence in Contemporary Film
  • Excellence in Period Film
  • Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film
• Television:
  • Excellence in Contemporary Television
  • Excellence in Period Television
  • Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television

• • Excellence in Short Form Design
• Special Awards:
  • Career Achievement Award
• Additional Awards:
  • Spotlight Award
  • Distinguished Collaborator Award
• Discontinued categories:
  • Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film (awarded 1999–2004)
  • Outstanding Made for Television Movie or Miniseries (awarded 2005–2014)

List of winners

Excellence in Costume Design for a Contemporary Film

This award has been presented at each of the annual awards.

Year	Winner	Film[ citation needed ]
1999	Julie Weiss	American Beauty
2000	Jeffrey Kurland	Erin Brockovich
2001	Karen Patch	The Royal Tenenbaums
2002	Wendy Chuck	About Schmidt
2003	Durinda Wood	A Mighty Wind
2004	Milena Canonero	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2005	Danny Glicker	Transamerica
2006	Consolata Boyle	The Queen
2007	Julie Weiss	Blades of Glory
2008	Suttirat Anne Larlarb	Slumdog Millionaire
2009	Doug Hall	Crazy Heart
2010	Amy Westcott	Black Swan
2011	Trish Summerville	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2012	Jany Temime	Skyfall
2013	Suzy Benzinger	Blue Jasmine
2014	Albert Wolsky	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2015	Jenny Eagan	Beasts of No Nation
2016	Mary Zophres	La La Land
2017	Jennifer Johnson	I, Tonya
2018	Mary E. Vogt	Crazy Rich Asians
2019	Jenny Eagan	Knives Out
2020	Nancy Steiner	Promising Young Woman

Excellence in Costume Design for a Period Film

This award has been presented at each annual awards. The awards from 1999 to 2004 were for Period and Fantasy films combined.^{[ citation needed ]}

Year	Winner	Film[ citation needed ]
1999	Colleen Atwood	Sleepy Hollow
2000	Rita Ryack	How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2001	Judianna Makovsky	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2002	Colleen Atwood	Chicago
2003	Ngila Dickson	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004	Colleen Atwood	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2005	Colleen Atwood	Memoirs of a Geisha
2006	Yee Chung-Man	Curse of the Golden Flower (Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia)
2007	Colleen Atwood	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2008	Michael O'Connor	The Duchess
2009	Sandy Powell	The Young Victoria
2010	Jenny Beavan	The King's Speech
2011	Arianne Phillips	W.E.
2012	Jacqueline Durran	Anna Karenina
2013	Patricia Norris	12 Years a Slave
2014	Milena Canonero	The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015	Paco Delgado	The Danish Girl
2016	Renee Ehrlich Kalfus	Hidden Figures
2017	Luis Sequeira	The Shape of Water
2018	Sandy Powell	The Favourite
2019	Mayes C. Rubeo	Jojo Rabbit
2020	Ann Roth	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Excellence in Costume Design for a Fantasy Film

This award was a part of the Excellence in Costume Design for a Period Film until 2005.^{[ citation needed ]}

Year	Winner	Film[ citation needed ]
2005	Isis Mussenden	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2006	Lala Huete	Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
2007	Ruth Myers	The Golden Compass
2008	Lindy Hemming	The Dark Knight
2009	Monique Prudhomme	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2010	Colleen Atwood	Alice in Wonderland
2011	Jany Tamime	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
2012	Eiko Ishioka	Mirror Mirror
2013	Trish Summerville	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2014	Colleen Atwood	Into the Woods
2015	Jenny Beavan	Mad Max: Fury Road
2016	Alexandra Byrne	Doctor Strange
2017	Lindy Hemming	Wonder Woman
2018	Ruth E. Carter	Black Panther
2019	Ellen Mirojnick	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2020	Bina Daigeler	Mulan

Excellence in Costume Design for a Contemporary Television Series

Year	Winner	Production[ citation needed ]
1999	Patricia Field	Sex and the City
2000	Patricia Field	Sex and the City
2001	Juliet Polcsa	The Sopranos
2002	Laura Goldsmith	Alias
2003	Patricia Field	Sex and the City
2004	Patricia Field	Sex and the City
2005	Jill M. Ohanneson	Six Feet Under
2006	Eduardo Castro	Ugly Betty
2007	Eduardo Castro	Ugly Betty
2008	Eduardo Castro and Patricia Field	Ugly Betty
2009	Lou Eyrich	Glee
2010	Lou Eyrich	Glee
2011	Jennifer Eve and Lou Eyrich	Glee
2012	Molly Maginnis	Smash
2013	Tom Broecker	House of Cards
2014	Jenny Eagan	True Detective
2015	Lou Eyrich	American Horror Story: Hotel
2016	Lou Eyrich and Helen Huang	American Horror Story: Roanoke
2017	Ane Crabtree	The Handmaid's Tale
2018	Lou Eyrich and Allison Leach	The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
2019	Debra Hanson	Schitt's Creek

Excellence in Costume Design for a Period Television Series

Year	Winner	Production[ citation needed ]
2015	Ellen Mirojnick	The Knick
2016	Michele Clapton	The Crown
2017	Jane Petrie	The Crown
2018	Donna Zakowska	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2019	Donna Zakowska	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Excellence in Costume Design for a Fantasy Television Series

Year	Winner	Production[ citation needed ]
2015	Michele Clapton	Game of Thrones
2016	Michele Clapton	Game of Thrones
2017	Michele Clapton	Game of Thrones
2018	Sharen Davis	Westworld
2019	Michele Clapton	Game of Thrones

Best Costume Design – Period or Fantasy TV Series

This award was presented at each annual awards from 2000–14, before being split into Period Television Series and Fantasy Television Series in 2015.^{[ citation needed ]}

Year	Winner	Production[ citation needed ]
2000	Shay Cunliffe	Annie
2001	Hope Hanafin	Geppetto
2002	Dona Granata	Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
2003	Jane Anderson	American Dreams
2004	Terry Dresbach and Ruth Myers	Carnivàle
2005	Jill Taylor	The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2006	April Ferry	Rome
2007	April Ferry	Rome
2008	Robert Blackman	Pushing Daisies
2009	Janie Bryant	Mad Men
2010	John A. Dunn and Lisa Padovani	Boardwalk Empire
2011	John A. Dunn and Lisa Padovani	Boardwalk Empire
2012	Caroline McCall	Downton Abbey
2013	Caroline McCall	Downton Abbey
2014	Michele Clapton	Game of Thrones

Excellence in Short Form Design

This award has been presented at each annual awards from 2003–Present.

Year	Winner	Production
2003	Bobbie Mannix	T-OnLine
2004	Nancy Steiner	Bacardi & Cola
2005	Jennifer Rade	Apple, IPod Dance
2006	Christopher Lawrence	Capitol One, Viking-Spa
2007	Jennifer Rade	Target, Branding Circle
2008	Deborah Ferguson	Capitol One, Princess Kiss
2009	Casey Storm	Milk, White Gold
2010	Casey Storm	Milk, Milkquarious
2011	Aude Bronson-Howard	Chanel, Bleu de Chanel
2012	Roseanne Fiedler	Swiffer, Country Dirt Cowgirl
2013	Judianna Makovsky	Captain Morgan Black
2014	Nancy Steiner	Call of Duty, Ghosts Masked Warriors
2015	Christopher Lawrence	Army, Defy Expectations
2016	Julie Vogel	Dos Equis, Most Interesting Man in the World
2017	Ami Goodheart	Pepsi: Momotaro feat. Jude Law
2018	Kim Bowen	P!NK: Beautiful Trauma
2019	Natasha Newman-Thomas	Childish Gambino: This is America
2020	Christopher Lawrence	United Airlines, Star Wars Wing Walker

Best Costume Design – TV Film or Miniseries

This award was first presented at the 8th annual awards, for 2005 filmmaking.^{[ citation needed ]}

Year	Winner	Production[ citation needed ]
2005	Eduardo Castro	Elvis
2006	Mike O'Neill	Elizabeth I
2007	Mario Davignon	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2008	Donna Zakowska	John Adams
2009	Catherine Marie Thomas	Grey Gardens
2010	Cindy Evans	Temple Grandin
2011	Susannah Buxton	Downton Abbey
2012	Lou Eyrich	American Horror Story: Asylum
2013	Ellen Mirojnick	Behind the Candelabra
2014	Lou Eyrich	American Horror Story: Freak Show

Hall of Fame Award

Year	Winners
1999	Travis Banton, Adrian, Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Irene Sharaff [3]
2000	Walter Plunkett, Orry-Kelly [4]
2001	Jean Louis [5]
2002	Helen Rose [6]
2003	Natacha Rambova, Mitchell Leisen, Clare West [7]
2004	Bernard Newman, Robert Kalloch, Richard Hornung, Howard Greer [8]
2005	Ruth Morley, Vera West, Irene, René Hubert [9]
2006	William Travilla, Renié, Bill Thomas [10]
2007	none awarded
2008	Marit Allen [11]
2009	none awarded
2010	Robert Turturice [12]
2011	Michael Dennison [13]
2012	none awarded [14]
2013	none awarded [15]

Ceremonies

Event	Date	Host
1st	February 6, 1999	Anjelica Huston
2nd	February 12, 2000
3rd	March 17, 2001	Tim Curry
4th	March 16, 2002	Anjelica Huston
5th	February 16, 2003
6th	February 21, 2004
7th	February 19, 2005	Ted Danson Mary Steenburgen
8th	February 25, 2006	Anjelica Huston
9th	February 17, 2007	Jane Kaczmarek
10th	February 19, 2008	Anjelica Huston
11th	February 17, 2009	Debra Messing
12th	February 25, 2010	Parker Posey
13th	February 22, 2011	Kristin Davis
14th	February 21, 2012	Jane Lynch
15th	February 19, 2013	Joel McHale
16th	February 22, 2014	Joshua Malina
17th	February 17, 2015	Emmy Rossum
18th	February 23, 2016	Betsy Brandt
19th	February 21, 2017	Mandy Moore
20th	February 20, 2018	Gina Rodriguez
21st	February 19, 2019	Kate Walsh
22nd	January 28, 2020	Mindy Kaling
23rd	April 13, 2021	Lana Condor
24th	March 9, 2022	Andrew Rannells Casey Wilson
25th	February 27, 2023	Tituss Burgess
26th	February 21, 2024	Wendi McLendon-Covey
27th	February 6, 2025	Jackie Tohn

References

1. "About Timeline". Costume Designers Guild. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
2. "Overview". Costume Designers Guild. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
3. "1st Annual Awards 1999". costumedesignersguild.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-09.
4. "2nd Annual Awards 2000". costumedesignersguild.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-09.
5. "3rd Annual Awards 2001". costumedesignersguild.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-09.
6. "4th Annual Awards 2002". costumedesignersguild.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-09.
7. "5th Annual Awards 2003". costumedesignersguild.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-09.
8. "6th Annual Awards 2004". costumedesignersguild.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-09.
9. "7th Annual Awards 2005". costumedesignersguild.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-09.
10. "8th Annual Awards 2006". costumedesignersguild.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-09.
11. "10th Annual Awards 2008". costumedesignersguild.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-09.
12. "12th Annual Awards 2010". costumedesignersguild.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-09.
13. "13th Annual Awards 2011". costumedesignersguild.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-12.
14. "14th Annual Awards 2012". Archived from the original on 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
15. "15th Annual Awards 2013". costumedesignersguild.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-09.

External links

• Official website
• Costume Designers Guild collection, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences